The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-13
cause Of the great care bestowed upon the
arrangements of the programmes with view
to illustrating American composition.
MINOR MENTION.


WASHINGTON paper contains a column
editorial in praise Of Mrs. Cleveland for the
example she sets in refusing to drink wine at
state dinners. "a drinking woman at the head
of the executive mansion this organ sagely OBJ
serves would be public calamity Well, 80
she would; but woman in that high position.
or any other, deserves no particular credit for
not being addicted to drink Women have pre-
sided over the White House for many years.
and no one of them is recorded as having been
given to habits of inebriation-which circum-
stance renders it somewhat difficult to under
stand why this one should be commended for
following the example of her predecessors.
Perhaps, however, it is thought that, owing to
the character of her associates, she is under
greater temptation than those who have gone
before. Under this view OF the matter the
praise seems less misplaced.
A SINGULAR illustration of the hardships
caused by unjust laws is reported from abroad.
The most distinguished oculist in Vienna, per-
haps the most distinguished in Europe, is Prof.
DR.. Mauthner. A few days ago he was sum-
moned by telegraph to attend a patient in
Russian town. Arrived at the frontier, the
Russian official asked whether he was a Catholic,
and when the Doctor replied that he was a He
brow, he was told to get off the train, as foreign
Jews were not allowed to enter Russia DR..
Mauthner explained the object Of his visit, but
in vain; and the train went on without him. He
now telegraphed to his patient, and several
hours passed before the latter was able to get
permission for him to come. The incident is
fairly typical of the severity and barbarism of
Russian government.
If any of our readers were deeply moved with
sympathy for Jacob Miller, the honest Shaker
who was reported to have been robbed of $27, 600
| at Atlanta a few days ago, they can rest easy.
Jacob has been proved to DO the worst kind Of a
fraud. An inquiry into his antecsden.s at Lob
anon. O.. established his character quite conclu-
sively, and he was arrested at Atlanta on gus
| picion. A search of his person discovered the
drafts and certificates Of which he claimed to
have been robbed, and they were forgeres At
this Jacob leaned back in his chair and remarked
| in tie quaint and beautiful Shaker language,
''Thee has got case against me-"
| PROFESSOR JOHN SULLIVAN, now an interest
ing invalid, is back in Boston and declares that
there is no place in which he feels SO much at
| home. He confesses to a reporter that he has
| deserved some of the rebukes Given him by the
| press for acts committed when he was mot him
SELF" but says that ne has remedied his faults
| and will henceforth conduct himself like gem
tleman. The country will wish John we'll in his
! new role. With the muscular ability at his
command promising field is open before him.
| 1t is not impossible that he may yet shine as a
! Monday lecturer or as Boston mind-reader.
| ENGLAND's government of Ireland during the
| present century has been marked by a degree of
| severity scarcely paralleed in the history of
nations. From 1880 to 1886 the hapeas corpus
act was suspended eighteen different times, ff-
teen coercion acts we're passed, six eviction acts,
| and several other measures Of like character.
| Since 1886 the policy of the government has
been somewhat less severe, but far FROM Eaild.
| 1t should seem that coercion, as an administra-
tive policy in Ireland. is palpable failure.
| A coLoRED evangelist, Henry Jones by name
! is preaching among the negroes of South Caro-
| lima. He declares that he is prophet Of God,
ordained to reveal tho future to his colored
| brethren One of his prophecies is that there is
| to be famine two years hence, and dollar in
gold won't be worth two quarts of corn. Now
| there is O prophet who has the courage OF his
convictions stalking his reputation on prophecy
which he ought to know will set all his hearers
| to raising corn and thus falafy it.
| REV. FLAvIUs JosEPHUs Cook opened his
| Monday lecture course in Boston this week with
| an attack on Henry Ward Beecher After pay
ing tribute to the Brooklyn preachers early use
funess, he adds MANY of US have come to be
lieve that he would have lived great deal longer
had he died great many years ago." There is
some room to believe that Flavius is an uncon
scious mind-reader. but in this instance he mis-
took the application of his hearers
| A NEW YORK letter-writer, after induleing ir
a panegyric of that eminent journalist, Joe
Howard, mentions admirngly that he is or
equally familiar tsrms with the ofice-boys ani
tho managing editors Of the several newspaper
with which he is connected. There is reason t.
believe that since q recent event Mr. Howard
does not extend any famiarites to the proprie
tor of the establishment
THE Springfield Republican says that Mr..
John c. Leighton, the defaulting police clerk o.
Boston, ''has always conducted himself in a SO
renelv dgnfed manner" A shortage of 5000,
900 would argue large amount Of serene dig
| nifty.
"RuDDYGoRE.r the name Of Gilbert & Sulli
vans latest opera, is pronounced with two sylla
bles in ultra polite circles as "Roo- Diggery
It's English, you know.
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